Some quirks in San Jose Sharks 2016-17 regular season schedule

The NHL announced the 2016-17 regular season schedule on Tuesday morning and once again, the Sharks have a lot of road games through the first six weeks, as 12 of their first 18 are away from SAP Center.

Here’s how the Sharks have fared in recent years when faced with a lot of road games through the first quarter of the season.

2015-16: Sharks have 13 of first 21 games on the road; Come out of it with a 13-8 record, buoyed by their first-ever 6-0 road trip.

2014-15: Sharks have 16 of their first 21 on the road; Come out of it with a 10-9-2 record

2013-14: Sharks have 13 of their first 21 on the road; Come out of it with a 13-3-5 record

Some other notes:

— The Sharks play the Los Angeles Kings five times between Oct. 12 and Jan. 18, but the two rivals do not face each other after the All-Star break. The Sharks have a home-and-home series of sorts against the Kings, playing at Los Angeles on Dec. 31 at 7:30 p.m. and hosting the Kings on Jan. 3, also at 7:30 p.m.

— Similar to the 2015-16 season, every one of the five games the Sharks will have against the Vancouver Canucks will be after the All-Star break. The first meeting is in Vancouver on Feb. 2 and the final two meetings are April 2 in Vancouver and April 4 in San Jose.

— The Sharks play 30 games inside their division (vs. each team five times), 20 games vs. Central Division (vs. six teams three times and Colorado twice) and Eastern Conference teams twice each.

— The Sharks make two trips to the New York/New Jersey area instead of just one. They play the Rangers and Islanders on Oct. 17 and 18th, respectively, then come back to play New Jersey on Feb. 12 to close out a four-game trip. They play in Philadelphia on Feb. 11.

— The Sharks play the Dallas Stars for the first time March 12. That’s in San Jose at 7 p.m. and the second of back-to-back games at home after they play Nashville the afternoon before. They then play in Dallas twice in five days. The first is on March 20, which starts a four game road trip. They play in Minnesota on March 21, and are back in Dallas on March 24 before they finish the road trip March 25 in Nashville.

— Three times, the Sharks play a road game followed by a home game the next day. Twice, the Sharks play a home game followed by a road game the next day.